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Judy Gayton was emed pable of reprentg herself her own medil malpractice lawsu, but the se has taken some unual twists and Gayton was told she didn't need legal help to go to trial but do need legal help to appealA legal advote lls the handlg of Judy Gayton's se unfair, sayg the urt is changg s terpretatn of her circumstanc an effort to get her off the docket. (Judy Gayton)A disabled Medice Hat woman says the jtice system has let her down for a send Gayton has a bra jury.

Advot speculate the change was part of an effort to get the se to trial more woman nied legal aid lls her oral 'ightengly unfair'Gayton end up urt on her own December 2016 and tried to expla to the judge she was unable to reprent herself and then sat down.

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I'm absolutely vastated, " said Gayton at the time. 'Expedient' terpretatnNow Gayton wants to an about-face, the urt is refg to allow , sayg the appeal mt be filed by a ligatn reprentative — the very requirement that was lifted before her trial.

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"I thk s md-bogglg, " Gayton said.

Julie MacFarlane, a law profsor Wdsor who ns the Natnal Self-Reprented Ligants Project, says this is a "clear jtice" to Gayton. "Wir problemMacFarlane said Gayton's se is an ditn of a wir problem — that urts don't know how to al wh the growg number of people who n't afford to hire lawyers. "It illtrat a systemic problem wh the jtice system that is gog to have to adapt to the realy that more and more people — not jt people Judy Gayton's suatn, but people who are petent — are also not gog to be able to afford legal unsel to brg their s forward.

"MacFarlane said Gayton's petency signatn should not be changed, that 's clearly appropriate for someone wh a bra jury, but needs to be regnized that Gayton needs a legal reprentative she n afford. Malpractice suAs for the substance of her medil malpractice su, Gayton alleg she was misdiagnosed followg her bra claims she beme very sick and experienced "severe, pacatg and irreversible juri" as a rult of treatment provid to her by several lawsu sought pensatn for those juri.

CalgaryA Medice Hat woman's legal battle is raisg qutns about whether people wh disabili are beg fairly reprented was termed Judy Gayton was pable of reprentg herself, until three weeks before urt se beganA legal advote lls the handlg of Judy Gayton's se unfair, sayg the urt is changg s terpretatn of her circumstanc an effort to get her off the docket. (Judy Gayton)A Medice Hat woman's legal battle is raisg qutns about whether people wh disabili are beg fairly reprented urt. A bra jury left Judy Gayton wh gnive problems and difficulty regulatg her emotns.

It also ma her plex medil malpractice su — which took years to get to trial — even more 2014, Gayton was emed pable of reprentg herself by a nropsychologist, promptg a judge to orr that a lawyer be appoted as her ligatn the civil proceedgs have dragged on for years as Gayton — who liv on AISH and CPP — has been nied legal aid and nnot afford to hire a lawyer. 'I'm jt vastated'In a twist Gayton lls "a ntradictn" and "ightengly unfair, " the orr was changed jt three weeks before her medil malpractice trial was set to beg. I'm absolutely vastated, " said Gayton, who speaks slowly at tim, sometim wh a sists she was set up to fail.

Judy Gayton's medil malpractice su was thrown out when she refed to answer qutns after sayg she uld not reprent herself. (CBC)On Tuday, Gayton went to urt alone, tried to expla to the judge she was unable to reprent herself and then sat down.

'Travty of jtice'MacFarlane, who lls Gayton's se a "travty of jtice, " believ the l of Gayton's petency orr were changed an effort to get the se to trial more quickly. You may have read this week’s news about Judy Gayton. Who is Judy Gayton?

Judy Gayton has now filed a human rights plat Alberta, g Elizabeth Portman’s cisn (which is currently beg appealed by the NWT ernment).